Freguesia de Bensafrim

Bensafrim () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Bensafrim e Barão de São João. It has about 2,004 inhabitants (2001).

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Portuguese subdivision.type: parish
Portuguese subdivision.official_name: Bensafrim
Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline: Bensafrim3.jpg
Portuguese subdivision.region: Algarve
Portuguese subdivision.CIM: Algarve
Portuguese subdivision.district: Faro
Portuguese subdivision.municipality: Lagos
Portuguese subdivision.area_total: 78.46
Portuguese subdivision.population_total: 2004
Portuguese subdivision.postal_code: 8600
Portuguese subdivision.dissolved: 2013
Portuguese subdivision.website: http://bensafrim.net/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

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Bensafrim () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Bensafrim e Barão de São João. It has about 2,004 inhabitants (2001).

The name comes from the Arabic word Benassaharim. It used to be an agrarian community. Until the 1950s the most important means of transportation were the ox and the donkey. Now it is a dormitory suburb of Lagos.